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Faith Forward: Black and white scarf linked to terrorism

I've never heard Rachel Ray talk much about religion or radical Islam on her popular TV show "30 Minute Meals," but the Food Network diva became the center of controversy this month when a blogger accused her of being a sympathizer of terrorism. Why? Because she wore a black and white scarf in a recent Dunkin' Donuts ad.
Here's an excerpt from the AP story:
Critics, including conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, complained that the scarf wrapped around (Rachel Ray) looked like a kaffiyeh, the traditional Arab headdress. Critics who fueled online complaints about the ad in blogs say such scarves have come to symbolize Muslim extremism and terrorism.
An anthropologist specializing in media matters relating to the Middle East described hype over Ray's scarf as typical American ignorance of the Arab world.
"Kaffiyehs are worn every day on the street by Palestinians and other people in the Middle East — by people going to work, going to school, taking care of their families, and just trying to keep warm," said Amahl Bishara, a lecturer at the University of Chicago. Read more.
Ray's people say a fashion expert put the scarf on her for the shoot and that it was paisley, not a checkered-like kaffiyeh. Should the fashion world take this as a signal to chuck black-and-white scarves?